AZG Armenian Daily #025, 10/02/2007

Nagorno-Karabakh Issue

MERZLIAKOV AND BRYZA COMPETING IN VERBIAGE

"Diaspora" – a New Word in Mamedyarov’s Lexicon

OSCE Minsk Group’s Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzliakov, according to
allegations by "Trend" news agency, disagrees his American colleague Matthew
Bryza that the main terms of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement are
already made agree and arranged.

Mr. Merzliakov informed that the Minsk Group is at present working on the
arrangement of the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers
and that no certain decision has been made yet. He added that nothing can be
said of the meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan before the
end of the Parliamentary elections to be held in Armenia, May 2007.
Meanwhile PACE president Goran Lenmarker believes that the Karabakh problem
will find its solution in 2007. According to Azeri mass media, he expressed
confidence that the sides will be able to come to a mutually beneficial
agreement. Mr. Lenmarker added that there will be no need to publish the
rapport on Karabakh peace process, in case the problem is solved beforehand
and that Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov is agree with the
terms of the rapport.

In his return Mamedyarov on his meeting with Lenmarker declared that the
activity of Armenian Diaspora in various states negatively affects the
foreign policy of the Republic of Armenia. Diaspora’s actions threaten the
stability in the South Caucasus region, he said. It is interesting, what
will be the next new term to enrich the eloquence of the Azerbaijani
propaganda.

By A. Harutiunian

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress